Politics

A member of the parliamentary legal committee, Ibtisam al-Hilali, confirmed on Thursday that the House of Representatives has the power to call for an extraordinary session and to take decisions based on the Constitution and the laws in force, especially with regard to the call of deputies to the Council to convene an emergency to question the Commission. “The legal personality of the House of Representatives continues until July 30, and then ends the third legislative session.”

She added, commenting on parliamentary claims that “the parliament can coordinate with the Electoral Commission and make a decision considering that the manual counting or system The question of Ktrona available under the law “.ofattt that” Parliament does not have the power to cancel the results of the parliamentary elections, because the electoral law in force was not diagnosed cases under which elections are considered obsolete, not in terms of participation rates nor in terms of the nature of the violations that accompany the voting process. “

Nuri al-Maliki announced on Monday the start of dialogues and contacts with the political forces that have been agreed with them on the political majority, stressing that the features of this alliance, which will lead the majority project, will appear soon. The Director of the Office Hisham Rikabi said in a press statement today: “We have begun to open channels of dialogue and communication with all political forces, which have had understandings with them on the draft political majority before the parliamentary elections.”

He added that the “signs of the formation of the coalition, which will lead the political project aimed at finding a political majority will appear features soon,” stressing the importance of “the adoption of the draft political majority during the next phase.”The stream of wisdom headed by Ammar al-Hakim expected on Monday to witness the next phase of partial application of the political majority, while he said he will begin negotiations to form the next government and alliances after the outcome of the election.

The Supreme Commission for Parliamentary Elections, according to the text of the Constitution, the number of seats in the next parliament by 329 deputies, and granted women 25% of them. The share of Baghdad governorate of the members of the House of Representatives 71 deputies, distributed as follows:

69 MPs come in elections, with one representative representing the quota of the Christian component, and another deputy from the Sabians, with a quota of 17 women.

The share of Nineveh province 34 seats, including 31 seats in the general elections, in addition to one deputy for each of Christianity and Yazidi and Shabak, while allocated 8 seats for women from the province.

The other governorates are as follows:

Basrah 25 seats, of which 6 for women, Dhi Qar 19 seats, of which 5 for women, Sulaymaniyah 18 seats, of which 5 for women

17 seats, of which 4 are for women, Najaf has 12 seats, of which 3 are for women, Salah al-Din has 12 seats, of which 4 are for women, Anbar has 15 seats, including 3 women

BAGHDAD / Deputy Supreme Sheikh Ali, on Monday, the former regime president Saddam Hussein as an extraordinary man deserves to be a real president of Iraq and pointed out that those who came after him do not deserve to rule.

Sheikh Ali said in an interview today: “Saddam Hussein effectively ruled Iraq from 1968 to 2003, where he was the right-hand man of President Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr between 1968 and 1979.”

The MP – the head of the alliance and the candidate of the upcoming elections – that “the leaders who came after him do not deserve to lead the country “Saddam Hussein is an extraordinary man in every sense of the word, he deserves to be head of state because he is a patriot J succeeded in the administration of Iraq.”

BAGHDAD / A source in the Council of Ministers revealed on Sunday, the suspension of 1700 corruption files affect senior figures because of waiting for the results of the election. The source said, “Abadi received files from the International Anti-Corruption Team after the full audit, the number of 1,700 files of corruption affects some of them are ministerial and parliamentary figures in Iraq.”

The source added that” Abadi failed to activate the files, and did not solve them to the judiciary, as a result of synchronization with the period of election propaganda, “explaining that” Abadi wants to disclose after the announcement of the results, so as not to count electoral propaganda directed against his opponents Elections.

“He noted that” some files relate to aphasia Huge financial links with armed groups and terrorist entities foreign, have received the names of the prominent Iraqi figures, including ministers and deputies, but activated it will be after the announcement of the election results, “noting that” the announcement of these files will be after the election results. “

Al-Sulaymaniyah / Network of News Iraq – MP of the Movement for Change Amin Bakr, on Thursday, on the recent economic openness between Erbil and Tehran, while stressing that Iran is a pivotal country and influential within Iraq, he pointed out that the Kurds should develop relations with them, but not at the expense of the relationship with America “The relationship with Iran should be based on the common interests of the people of the Kurdistan region and not on the basis of dependency and neglecting relations with other parties such as the United States,” Bakr said in an interview today.”

Relations should not be on the basis of parties and interests of people. This is a big and scandalous mistake committed in the bitter His past by the parties in power within the region. “He pointed out that” we need to build good relations with Iran because we needed in the economic issue as well as the pivotal and influential in the political process within Iraq’s role. ”

The head of the Kurdistan Regional Government, Nechirvan Barzani, announced on Wednesday that the provincial government has embarked on the establishment of a free trade zone with Iran within the framework of measures including work to achieve economic openness between Erbil and Tehran serves the interests of both parties. He called Barzani during a speech at the Conference on Development of Trade Relations with Iran , “The federal government to approve the registration of five border ports between Kurdistan and Iran officially.”

He added that “there are (359) companies and (135), an Iranian factory operating in the Kurdistan region,” adding that “the territorial government has made serious efforts in the development of relations Economic and commercial relations with Iran, including the opening of the T-area A free operation at the border crossing between the two sides.”

The Ministerial Energy Committee, during its meeting on Wednesday, chaired by Prime Minister Haider Abadi, discussed the plan of the Ministry of Electricity for the summer of 2018 and completed preparations for the processing of citizens with electric power, while taking a number of decisions.

“The meeting was an extensive discussion of the Ministry of Electricity plan for the summer of 2018 and the completion of its preparations for the processing of citizens electric power, and adding a number of units that Will enter the work in the coming days, which will improve the supply of electricity to citizens. ”

The statement added that “the meeting discussed the project of hydrogenation unit and improve gasoline fuel in the province of Kirkuk,” pointing out to “discuss the completion of the project Salahaddin thermal station and funding the rest of the project resources of the framework agreement cooperation with the Chinese government.”

The committee decided that “the Ministry of Finance to transfer the amount of the allocation and financing of 65 billion dinars from the payment of receivables for electricity processed to the government departments directorates of production (Basrah, Nasiriyah, central, Salahuddin, Euphrates and the north) to maintain the operation of the electrical system.

The committee, according to the statement, directed the Ministry of Oil to “equip the Ministry of Electricity with 4000 cubic meters per day of gas oil to operate the stations in the summer”, approving “the allocation and financing of 5 billion dinars for the project of the Sabla and completion of the rest of the project of the channel to lining 90,000 acres between The provinces of Maysan and Dhi Qar and debt repayment. ”

And discussed “a number of other topics on the agenda and took a number of decisions, in addition to following up the guidance and decisions that were taken in previous meetings.”

The United Nations, expressed its readiness to support Iraq for the success of parliamentary elections scheduled for 12 May next.

A statement issued by the Foreign Ministry received the agency {Euphrates News} a copy of it that the Iraqi Foreign Minister Ibrahim Jaafari, Jan Kubic representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations in Iraq, and reviewed the overall political situation, security and international support for Iraq, and discussed regional issues, Especially the Syrian crisis ”

Jaafari expressed” thanks for the support provided by the United Nations to Iraq, calling for more support in the reconstruction phase, “explaining that” the United Nations was able to show a bright face in its history through its support for Iraq, and we wait for you More support, especially at this stage. ”

He pointed out that “the parliamentary elections that the Iraqis intend to run, and the importance of the United Nations role to ensure the conduct of the electoral process without violations, the leaders, we believe that the election way to move from the situation to a better situation, and I emphasize the importance of the participation of Iraqis in the elections strongly.”

For his part, Kubic stressed the continuation of the United Nations in support of Iraq, expressing the readiness of UNAMI to support Iraq in order to ensure the success of the next election season.

A US military delegation met with Kirkuk Governor Rakan al-Jubouri on Sunday to discuss the return of the Peshmerga forces to the province.

The PUK media quoted a Kurdish source as saying that a meeting was held Sunday evening in the governorate building between a US military delegation from the Central Command and Kirkuk Governor Rakan al-Jubouri separately to discuss the return of the Peshmerga forces, adding that the two sides reached an agreement in this regard.

The source, who declined to be identified, said other measures and local meetings would follow an agreement leading to the return of the Peshmerga to Kirkuk.

It is noteworthy that a member of the provincial council of Kirkuk, Qassem Hamza, revealed on Monday that the governor Rakan Jubouri to Baghdad to transfer the US request on the return of Peshmerga forces to the province after a meeting with US military officials.

Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi said on Friday that the second victory for the Iraqis after the defeat of the terrorist organization will be achieved with reconstruction, construction, services and investment. He pointed out that the corrupt people who were terrifying people became terrified.

“Yesterday we instructed the heroes of our air force to launch an air strike in Syria against the terrorist gangs,” Abadi said during a gathering of senior tribesmen and clans of Maysan province, according to his media office. “He said.

He pointed out that “Iraq is leading the campaign against terrorism in the world and he achieved a miracle by any measure of victory over a period of time did not expect everyone,” adding that “Iraq was in danger of my presence and was able to address and win this victory was not without cost because Iraq paid the cost Victims when entering the dossier and made sacrifices upon liberation. ”

“Victory is achieved thanks to the sacrifices of the heroes of Iraq and the fatwa of Mr. Ali al-Sistani,” he said. “We want to continue the path of victory.

“The second victory will be achieved with reconstruction, construction, services, investment, job creation and economic welfare,” he said. “There are those who say that it will be long, but as they said that our war on a preacher will last for a record time.

“In the reconstruction campaign there is one enemy, corruption, we must unite in the campaign of reconstruction and fight corruption,” Abbadi said. “The corrupt people who were terrifying people are terrified.” The Prime Minister, Haider al-Abadi, arrived this morning to Maysan province.